Patent №
US 11,285,773
Granted
2022-03-29
Filed 2019
Owner
APPLE INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
16567482
A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a wheel, a suspension system that supports the wheel relative to the vehicle body, a sensing system for determining an environmental condition ahead of the vehicle and a control system. The suspension system includes a primary actuator that transfers force between the wheel and the vehicle body, and a wheel hop damper that includes a moving mass and that transfers force between the wheel and the moving mass independent of the vehicle body to inhibit resonance of an unsprung mass formed by the wheel and a portion of the suspension system coupled thereto. The control system operates the primary actuator to provide additional secondary ride control when the wheel hop damper exceeds a capacity threshold. The control system changes the capacity threshold according to the environmental condition. The wheel hop damper may be a reaction mass actuator or a tuned mass damper.
AI classification
Ownership
APPLE INC.
assignment · 590430837
Assignors
HALL, JONATHAN L., MILOVICH, MATISSE J., KEAS, PAUL J., LACKRITZ, NEAL M.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.